Computer Talk
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Re: Computer Talk!!
Oh brother kliu0! Now you've got me curious to go back to IE just when I was loving Firefox 3..I've had only one incident of page freezing etc since I started using Firefox 3..I'll have to ask my wife has she downloaded the latest version of IE..
Oh brother kliu0! Now you've got me curious to go back to IE just when I was loving Firefox 3..I've had only one incident of page freezing etc since I started using Firefox 3..I'll have to ask my wife has she downloaded the latest version of IE..
RedMercury
Junior Member
Re: Computer Talk!!
I'm very security conscious and I use firefox with noscript and keyscrambler. If you are really paranoid you can put firefox or any other browser in a sandbox. Or, just use linux or vista
I can't resist, but I wonder how many more generations before firefox will let you think in russian.
I'm very security conscious and I use firefox with noscript and keyscrambler. If you are really paranoid you can put firefox or any other browser in a sandbox. Or, just use linux or vista
I can't resist, but I wonder how many more generations before firefox will let you think in russian.
RedMercury
Junior Member
Re: Computer Talk!!
noscript and keyscrambler are addons for firefox. The addon website is
Noscript is
Noscript disables javascript, java, and other plugins by default, unless explicitly enabled for whitelisted websites. Sometimes a bit tedious to use (you must whitelist web sites you trust explicitly, upon first visit), but stops you from stumbling on to a javascript exploit.
Keyscrambler is
Keyscrambler installs a low level keyboard driver which encrypts your keystrokes all the way between the keyboard driver and firefox. This makes it much harder for keyloggers to log what you type into the browser. This is a secondary line of defense, as you don't want a keylogger to record keystrokes to other programs either, but it means that by the time you find out you have been hacked, your web browser keystrokes were probably still safe.
Sandboxing is the concept of putting a program in an isolated space, a sandbox, where it can play, but cannot affect the rest of your computer. One such program that does this is sandboxie
If you run your web browser in a sandbox, it cannot make changes to your computer unless you give it explicit permission (and you can see what it changed). So if your browser is hacked, the exploit is limited to inside the sandbox. You can also run other dangerous or suspicious programs in a sandbox, e.g. something you downloaded and don't trust.
Windows Vista, and Linux, Unix, and modern Mac OS also use the concept of a sandbox, in that all programs are by default inside a sandbox. If a program wants to access certain vital parts of your computer, it requires explicit permission from the user. Unless this mechanism is bypassed, it stops 99.9% of viruses and worms. That's why, if you use Linux or Unix, you basically don't need a virus scanner, since making a virus targeting those systems is much harder.
noscript and keyscrambler are addons for firefox. The addon website is
Noscript is
Noscript disables javascript, java, and other plugins by default, unless explicitly enabled for whitelisted websites. Sometimes a bit tedious to use (you must whitelist web sites you trust explicitly, upon first visit), but stops you from stumbling on to a javascript exploit.
Keyscrambler is
Keyscrambler installs a low level keyboard driver which encrypts your keystrokes all the way between the keyboard driver and firefox. This makes it much harder for keyloggers to log what you type into the browser. This is a secondary line of defense, as you don't want a keylogger to record keystrokes to other programs either, but it means that by the time you find out you have been hacked, your web browser keystrokes were probably still safe.
Sandboxing is the concept of putting a program in an isolated space, a sandbox, where it can play, but cannot affect the rest of your computer. One such program that does this is sandboxie
If you run your web browser in a sandbox, it cannot make changes to your computer unless you give it explicit permission (and you can see what it changed). So if your browser is hacked, the exploit is limited to inside the sandbox. You can also run other dangerous or suspicious programs in a sandbox, e.g. something you downloaded and don't trust.
Windows Vista, and Linux, Unix, and modern Mac OS also use the concept of a sandbox, in that all programs are by default inside a sandbox. If a program wants to access certain vital parts of your computer, it requires explicit permission from the user. Unless this mechanism is bypassed, it stops 99.9% of viruses and worms. That's why, if you use Linux or Unix, you basically don't need a virus scanner, since making a virus targeting those systems is much harder.
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Re: Computer Talk!!
but the next time u restart firefox u can choose the "restore previous page" option, even if it's a computer crash and u just restarted ur computer.